hostes in spem potiundorum castrorum venerant, _the enemy had conceived
the hope of gaining possession of the camp_.

5. The Genitives mei, tui, sui, nostri, vestri, when used in the Gerundive
Construction, are regularly employed without reference to Gender or Number,
since they were originally Neuter Singular Adjectives used substantively.
Thus:--

mulier sui servandi causa aufugit, _the woman fled for the sake of
saving herself_;

legati in castra venerunt sui purgandi causa, _the envoys came into
camp for the purpose of clearing themselves_.

So nostri servandi causa, _for the sake of saving ourselves_.

6. Occasionally the Genitive of the Gerundive Construction is used to
denote _purpose_; as,--

quae ille cepit legum ac libertatis subvertundae, _which he undertook
for the purpose of overthrowing the laws and liberty_.

7. The Dative of the Gerundive Construction occurs in some expressions
which have the character of formulas; as,--

decemviri legibus scribundis, _decemvirs for codifying the laws_;

quindecimviri sacris faciundis, _quindecimvirs for performing the
sacrifices_.

THE SUPINE.

340. 1. The Supine in -um is used after Verbs of motion to express
_purpose_; as,--

legati ad Caesarem gratulatum convenerunt, _envoys came to Caesar to
congratulate him_.

a. The Supine in -um may take an Object; as,--

pacem petitum oratores Romam mittunt, _they send envoys to Rome to ask
for peace_.

b. Note the phrase:--

do (colloco) filiam nuptum, _I give my daughter in marriage_.

2. The Supine in -u is used as an Ablative of Specification with facilis,
difficilis, incredibilis, jucundus, optimus, etc.; also with fas est, nefas
est, opus est; as,--

haec res est facilis cognitu, _this thing is easy to learn_;

hoc est optimum factu, _this is best to do_.

a. Only a few Supines in -u are in common use, chiefly auditu, cognitu,
dictu, factu, visu.

b. The Supine in -u never takes an Object.

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CHAPTER VI.--_Particles._

COOeRDINATE CONJUNCTIONS.

341. Copulative Conjunctions. These _join_ one word, phrase, or clause to
another.

1. a) et simply connects.

b) -que joins more closely than et, and is used especially where the two
members have an internal connection with each other; as,--

parentes liberique, _parents and children_;

cum homines aestu febr